Instruments for measuring self-management and self-care in geriatric patients - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With demographic changes, prioritizing effective care for geriatric patients to maintain functionality, independence, and quality of life is crucial. Well-developed self-management or self-care abilities, which can be maintained and improved through interventions, are of the utmost importance. To implement these interventions tailored and effectively, a thorough assessment of the individual's self-management and self-care abilities is required.

Objective

This scoping review aimed to identify self-management and self-care instruments suitable for geriatric patients, their underlying theories and definitions of self-management and self-care, and their similarities and differences in item content.

Methods

A systematic search of the PubMed and CINAHL database

SUBMITTER: Wientzek R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773718 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature